IDF: Israeli Navy commandos take senior Hamas member captive

The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday evening that the Navy’s elite Shayetet 13 commando unit had taken into custody a senior member of the Hamas terror group, as fighting in southern Israel continued more than 40 hours after the unprecedented infiltration assault, Report informs via The Times of Israel

The IDF said the deputy commander of the southern division of the Hamas naval force, Muhammad Abu Ghali, was captured by Shayetet 13.

“The suspect is being held and is currently being interrogated by the defense establishment,” the IDF said in a statement.